Plasma cloud from Sun due here late Saturday, geomagnetic storms possible

March 9, 2012

Coronal mass ejection March 9, 2012 (NASA)

A second coronal mass ejection (CME) is on the way. Big sunspot AR1429 (now 7 times wider than Earth) unleashed an M6-class solar flare today, and the eruption hurled a cloud of plasma almost directly toward Earth.

Forecasters say the CME could reach our planet during the late hours of March 10th or early hours of March 11th. Strong geomagnetic storms are possible when the cloud arrives. — Spaceweather.com

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